Saturday, January 29, 2011

Hi everyone! Just wanted to post up my braided fringe hair tutorial, which is the look I had for my Rock & Republic Eyeshadow review in my last post. I've worn this look and similar hairstyles a lot (like in my Smokey Eyes for Monolids tutorial) and get requests for a how-to pretty much every time it comes up so here it is!

After a bit of investigation, I found that this exact style of backwards braid is called a "Dutch Braid". For the braided fringe, I really think the dutch braid looks cuter than the traditional hidden braid, don't you think? It looks more like a headband which I really like.

Here are some variations that I've done in the past:

headband-style strip braid

loose, large dutch braid with side pony

fringe strip braid with feather headband

Hope this tutorial wasn't too complicated! It's a bit tricky to explain but it's super quick and easy once you get the hang of it. If you guys end up trying it out, please share a pic to my Facebook page gallery. I love seeing the gorgeousness and creativity of you girls (and guys). Hehe.

35 comments:

Hi Jen :)Long time quiet follower but now.. a real one? haha. I hope I'm firs to comment because I want to tell you that Kim Tae-Hee wears a similar hair style in "My Princess". I'm not sure if it's her real hair though, sometimes it looks like a hairband and sometimes it is her real hair. I think you pull it off as nice as her :)

Hi Jen! I just started following your blog and I really like it! I actually got a headband that's like the braids when I was in Japan and I never wear it because it gives me a headache so this is perfect!

I'm just starting my own blog that's similar, it's on makeup and my writings at blissfullyke.blogspot.com, I hope you'll have a chance to check it out :)

thx jen! i love this tutorial, eventough i still cant do it well. this style is same as kim tae hee style in her new drama. and that is so adorable. hope i can succed to do this style before my legs would get a pain because i hold it to long. hehe

This video was extremely helpful! I've attempted this before, but I was doing it like a french braid so it looked weird. For the headband look, would you just start on the side of your head? How does that work?

This is really cool and thank you for posting this tutorial. I've tried doing it last weekend and like you said, it's not difficult to do. I'll definitely do this more often, it's so cute and yet so sophisticated :)

This looks really cute on you! Will try it sometime since I have a lot of side bangs, but I doubt it'll look as good as it does on you because I have a huge forehead and this will likely emphasize it more. I used to just just pin my bangs back in the middle to hide the part, and hubby told me not to do it anymore because it was too much forehead and looked unattractive LoL. Men have such strong opinions on the weirdest things sometimes...

I've always done this style using the regular braid, I'm Going to have to try it using the Dutch braid, it is cuter then the regular braid way. Now for the headband style.... How did you do that? Did you start at the side of your head?

Thanks for this tutorial! I have those days when I just want to chop off my bangs because they wouldn't cooperate, but this is a better alternative. :)Just a quick question, where did you get the earrings you are wearing in the video? They are sooo cute and I wanted to know where I could get a pair? I love your videos by the way, stay beautiful unnie! <3